Sentence examples for rights statutes from inspiring English sources

In 2013, the state of Texas enacted one of the most draconian anti-abortion rights statutes in the country.

Some local civil rights statutes even cover marital status, family responsibilities, matriculation, political affiliation, source of income, or place of residence or business.

"Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction," the statement said.

It's time to pull the plug on this essentially lifeless corpse and demand full equality under the federal civil rights statutes.

But with the nation on high alert over bullying — especially when it intersects with computer technology and the Internet — these civil rights statutes are being stretched to go after teenagers who acted meanly, but not violently.

The Justice Department restarted an investigation into the case after the acquittal to determine whether the evidence "reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes," it said in a statement.

The distinction highlights a flaw in the appraisal rights statute — one that the parties clearly took advantage of.

Public university preferences could be attacked as unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment's guarantee of equal protection, he said, while private universities might be vulnerable under an 1866 civil rights statute prohibiting discrimination based on "ancestry".

The mosque was forced to comply with requirements different from those applied to a Christian church or other religious building because its members are Muslim, the lawsuit says, which violates the Constitution and a federal civil rights statute.

When the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the landmark disability rights statute, became law, it was a breakthrough for a group of Americans who had few rights in the workplace.

The families of at least four unarmed black men killed this year by police are pinning their hopes on possible federal prosecutions under a little-known civil rights statute that has only occasionally been used to indict officers in such cases.